18-04-2025
Second victim killed in FSU mass shooting identified as South Carolina father of two
Attorneys representing the family of one of the two people killed in the March 17 mass shooting at Florida State identified the victim on Friday as an employee of a university vendor.
The lawyers said Tiru Chabba, 45, of Greenville, South Carolina, was shot and killed while working for the vendor.
Chabba's family hired national civil rights attorney Bakari Sellers of The Strom Law Firm and Jim Bannister to represent them. In a news release, the attorneys said they were hired 'to ensure that all those who bear responsibility for this senseless act of violence are held to account.'
He is survived by his wife and two children.
'Tiru Chabba's family is going through the unimaginable now,' Sellers said. 'Instead of hiding Easter eggs and visiting with friends and family, they're living a nightmare where this loving father and devoted husband was stolen from them in an act of senseless and preventable violence.'
The lawyers also asked the public to keep the family in their thoughts and prayers 'as we fight to ensure they see justice that honors the memories of Mr. Chabba and all the victims of Thursday's shooting.'
Contact Jeff Burlew at jburlew@ or 850-599-2180.
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Man killed in FSU mass shooting identified as South Carolina father of two
